Diagnostic uncertainties in congenital syphilis: A case report
Key Clinical Message Congenital syphilis is a forgotten disease, and often misdiagnosed. It can present with a myriad of clinical features, mimicking various other conditions therefore posing difficulty in diagnosis. Patient may be born preterm with low birth weight, failure to thrive with hemolytic...
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| author | Niharika Khanal Srijana Basnet Daman Raj Paudel Vivek Karn Sunita Tamang Jasmine Shakya Newton Ashish Shah |
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| description | Key Clinical Message Congenital syphilis is a forgotten disease, and often misdiagnosed. It can present with a myriad of clinical features, mimicking various other conditions therefore posing difficulty in diagnosis. Patient may be born preterm with low birth weight, failure to thrive with hemolytic anemia, thrombocytopenia, and leukocytosis. It is a treatable condition, commonly treated with penicillin or ceftriaxone. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-94e10d174c04413a90df1db16f2d23d72025-08-20T02:50:22ZengWileyClinical Case Reports2050-09042024-09-01129n/an/a10.1002/ccr3.9406Diagnostic uncertainties in congenital syphilis: A case reportNiharika Khanal0Srijana Basnet1Daman Raj Paudel2Vivek Karn3Sunita Tamang4Jasmine Shakya5Newton Ashish Shah6Tribhuvan University, Institute of Medicine Maharajgunj NepalDepartment of Pediatrics Tribhuvan University, Institute of Medicine Maharajgunj NepalDepartment of Pediatrics Tribhuvan University, Institute of Medicine Maharajgunj NepalDepartment of Pediatrics Tribhuvan University, Institute of Medicine Maharajgunj NepalDepartment of Pediatrics Tribhuvan University, Institute of Medicine Maharajgunj NepalDepartment of Pediatrics Tribhuvan University, Institute of Medicine Maharajgunj NepalTribhuvan University, Institute of Medicine Maharajgunj NepalKey Clinical Message Congenital syphilis is a forgotten disease, and often misdiagnosed. It can present with a myriad of clinical features, mimicking various other conditions therefore posing difficulty in diagnosis. Patient may be born preterm with low birth weight, failure to thrive with hemolytic anemia, thrombocytopenia, and leukocytosis. It is a treatable condition, commonly treated with penicillin or ceftriaxone.https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.9406congenital syphilishemolytic anemiapenicillinthrombocytopeniatreponema pallidum |
| spellingShingle | Niharika Khanal Srijana Basnet Daman Raj Paudel Vivek Karn Sunita Tamang Jasmine Shakya Newton Ashish Shah Diagnostic uncertainties in congenital syphilis: A case report Clinical Case Reports congenital syphilis hemolytic anemia penicillin thrombocytopenia treponema pallidum |
| title | Diagnostic uncertainties in congenital syphilis: A case report |
| title_full | Diagnostic uncertainties in congenital syphilis: A case report |
| title_fullStr | Diagnostic uncertainties in congenital syphilis: A case report |
| title_full_unstemmed | Diagnostic uncertainties in congenital syphilis: A case report |
| title_short | Diagnostic uncertainties in congenital syphilis: A case report |
| title_sort | diagnostic uncertainties in congenital syphilis a case report |
| topic | congenital syphilis hemolytic anemia penicillin thrombocytopenia treponema pallidum |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.9406 |
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